Chris Speed

Chris Speed ​​(born 1967 in Seattle, Washington) is an American saxophonist (soprano, baritone and tenor saxophone) and clarinetist and composer, and bandleader of the Creative jazz and free improvisation.

Work

Chris Speed ​​learned from the age of five classical piano playing, from the eleventh clarinet; in high school he started to play on the tenor saxophone. He studied jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. 1992 Speed ​​moved to New York City and was leader or co-leader of various formations, mostly with drummer Jim Black as the band Pachora; and the Ensemble Human Feel; the band yeah NO; the trio Iffy.

Furthermore Speed ​​worked in George Schuller's Orange Then Blue formation, with the artists of the New York avant- jazz scene, such as Tim Berne's band Blood Count; John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet The formation; Jim Black's band Alasnoaxis; and the band The Clarinets. In 1996, he worked with John Zorn in the Bar Kokhba project, in 2000 Wogran album Odd and Awkward and Franz Koglmann album Venus in transit.

Chris Speed ​​participated in the Grammy-nominated album A Blessing with the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble; Speed ​​also played recordings of Myra Melford ( The Same River, Twice, 1996 ), Michael Formanek 1996, Jerry Granelli, James Emery 1997, Mark Dresser, Susie Ibarra 1999, Erik Friedlander 1996, Satoko Fujii and several albums by Dave Douglas, as in the much-acclaimed album In Our Lifetime of 1994. In 2006, speed was involved in the founding of the independent jazz label Skirl Records, which is intended to document the musical events of the Brooklyn Jazz community. Speed ​​played with on the first label releases, the album The Clarinets and on Curtis Hasselhoff Brings The New Mellow Edwards. 2011 was on the label the album Endangered Blood, which he recorded with Jim Black, Oscar Noriega and Trevor Dunn. 2013 appeared Work your magic in the same occupation.

Disco Graphical Notes

As a leader:

With Pachora

With Human Feel